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The devastating impact of how climate change will change our landscape forever unless it can be halted is revealed in these stark forecasts of rising seas in North East Lincolnshire.

And no more striking is the map which shows Cleethorpes beach disappearing forever into the Humber Estuary.

With our day-to-day problems dealing with family issues, financial problems and work woes, climate change may not be high on our list of priorities.

But as these images of sea levels rising show, it is certainly an issue we should consider more and make those little changes where possible.

That’s why GrimsbyLive, the Grimsby Telegraph and our colleagues at websites and papers across the UK for Reach Plc have united to launch our #Do1Thing campaign.

The initiative highlights the need for us all to make changes to help reverse climate change with the collective message for us all do one thing which can help tackle the issues around global warming and protecting the environment.

Predictive maps of how climate change will impact North East Lincolnshire show how an expected 1.5m sea rise will impact on our communities if not stopped.

Future flood defences will try to stem the inevitable tide but without fundamental change to the way we and industry conduct our lives, the forecast is grim.

The Climate Central study of rising sea levels shows the impact of an expected 1.5m rise including the loss of Cleethorpes beach, centre of picture. (Image: Climate Central)

The Environment Agency itself forecasts a 1.5m sea rise on current trends. In its report Humber 2100, it says: “Climate change and sea level rise are amongst the most significant challenges we currently face. We can expect to see sea levels rise by around 0.5 to 1.5 metres in the Humber estuary over the next 100 years.

“This will increase the pressure on tidal defences and mean it is more likely that they will be overtopped. Climate change will result in more frequent and severe storms and therefore an increased risk of tidal surges. It is likely that the scale of flooding we currently see as being rare will happen more often, and the overall impact and consequences of flooding will be greater.

“The way that flood risk is managed on the Humber needs to take account of these changes. We don’t know exactly how fast they will occur, but we do know that tidal flood risk will increase in the future and, unless we take action, defences will be overtopped more frequently, affecting homes, businesses and habitats.”

As well as the loss of Cleethorpes beach, rising water penetrates inland to areas including the East and West Marsh, Immingham and the flat expanses of land west of Grimsby. Furtehr south huge swatches of the Lincolnshire coastline disappear under the North Sea.

It shows a rise in temperatures due to man-made climate change is a very real problem for North East Lincolnshire and the surrounding region.

In October, scientists revealed the effects of climate change could be much worse than expected for low-lying areas like North East Lincolnshire.

A wider look at North East Lincolnshire shows the sea penetrating large areas of land if levels continue to rise (Image: Climate Central)

That was the conclusion of analysis using machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, of an “improved” global elevation dataset.

The findings of the study by Dr Scott Kulp and Dr Benjamin Strauss, senior computational scientist and chief scientist respectively at Climate Central, were published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

The authors also released an interactive map as part of the study, specifically showing which areas will be underwater by 2050.

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They said in the report: “As humanity pollutes the atmosphere with greenhouse gases, the planet warms. And as it does so, ice sheets and glaciers melt and warming sea water expands, increasing the volume of the world’s oceans.

“The consequences range from near-term increases in coastal flooding that can damage infrastructure and crops to the permanent displacement of coastal communities.”

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But scientists are agreed that the fate of low lying areas of the world is not a foregone conclusion.

Radical improvements in how industry, business and individuals act will have a direct impact on the potential risk to our communities.

And that is why we are asking everyone today to #Do1Thing to help combat climate change.